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I think this is the lowest rating for a Laura Lippman book i have given, and i don't know if that is fair . . . but i didn't like the split focus, and i truly hated the first person POV at the beginning and end. i didn't mind it too much in her last book, when it was the unknown killer, but crow? really?

i read these books mostly for tess, and there was barely even mention of the dogs in this. a couple sentences of uncle spike, feeney in the beginning, a great scene with whitney, but no real family stuff . . . it felt more haphazard than most of her books, perhaps because there didn't seem to be a single character that the story was revolving around. i think it was supposed to be crow, but it didn't feel like it.

also, i can't explain how sad i was that tess doesn't get up at five in the morning to row anymore. (she still rows, just later) and that her body doesn't crave the exercise and all that - i mean, how is she eating all her favorite foods without a care? we didn't even really get a tess loving food scene, which also makes me sad.

here's hoping lippman returns tess to herself. i mean, yes, i expect changes and character growth, etc. but it's never felt so heavy handed and awkward from lippman before. i always felt like i watched tess grow too, so of course it made sense. this? this was a very strange experience.